Checkie! – Image-based carrying list app
Hi. It’s been a long time since I posted last here.
The app I just released has been featured on the top page of App Store as “New App We Love”.
Calendar Desktop Wallpaper: November 2012
The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.
Samuel Smiles
Inspired by the beauty of needle ice, which also has the power to raise the whole ground. It reminds me of the spirit of doing-by-myself to change myself.
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iPhone 5 (without calendar)Calendar Desktop Wallpaper: September 2012
Mr.Hollands Opus is one of my most favorite movies. I especially like this scene when he teaches how to play the clarinet.
“Play the sunset” he says to his student, who’s struggling to get the right tone. And that line is so memorable and inspiring that I just can’t forget.
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iPhone (without calendar)How to use CaseMyWay & Great News
I announced the beta launch of CaseMyWay Website the other day. Completely customisable cases. CaseMyWay provides an online platform for mobile phone and tablet users to achieve complete customization of their protective cases by creating or uploading their own, fully wrap-around images, from holiday snaps to original artwork, sporting moments to profile pics. Even Instagram, Flickr or Facebook images can be added.
You must have some beautiful photos on Instagram, Facebook etc. Put them together on CaseMyWay to create one original case for your phone!
The print quality is actually much much better than I expected thanks to the MT3 technology, embedding ink directly into the case itself. It is not a surface sticker and will not peel off or scrapeaway with daily use. And here are some photos of the cases of my design. Believe me, I did no photo-retouching.
CaseMyWay is starting with the most popular brands but eventually will offer personalized cases in different materials for every handheld device in popular use. The good news is after full launch in September, CaseMyWay will be offering fully customisable cases in different materials such as leather, neoprene (soft) and even wood with many more features and products, including MacBook cases!!!
Calendar Desktop Wallpaper: July 2012
Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you.
You must travel it by yourself.
Walt Whitman
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Calendar Desktop Wallpaper: June 2012
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.
Vincent Van Gogh
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iPhone (w/o calendar)For iPad users, let me know if you prefer the resolution for iPad Retina display.
Calendar Desktop Wallpaper: May 2012
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
Napoleon Hill
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iPhone (w/o calendar)Sorry about the slow update. I will make posts of the future gadget concepts soon.
Calendar Desktop Wallpaper: April 2012
I love life because what more is there.
Anthony Hopkins
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iPhone (w/o calendar)Calendar Desktop Wallpaper: March 2012
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
Albert Einstein
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iPhone (w/o calendar)Calendar Desktop Wallpaper: February 2012
It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.
Guy de Maupassant
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iPhone & iPod Touch (w/o calendar) 640x960pxCalendar Desktop Wallpaper: January 2012
When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit on what he can do.
Charles M. Schwab
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iPhone & iPod Touch (w/o calendar) 640x960pxCalendar Desktop Wallpaper: December 2011
“God is in the details.”
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
This wonderful model is done by Mr.Shoji Tsuchiya. Please visit his blog, too.
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iPhone & iPod Touch (w/o calendar) 640x960pxCalendar Desktop Wallpaper: November 2011
There is no reason not to follow your heart.
Steve Jobs
There won’t be a road on the way because a road is where you walked along.
No existing road that you can see is yours.
But as long as you have a heart, you’ve gotta follow it.
I am following my heart.
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iPhone & iPod Touch (w/o calendar) 640x960pxCalendar Desktop Wallpaper: October 2011
To have a great idea, have a lot of them.
Thomas A. Edison
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I’ve got a few concept designs waiting to be published, but I haven’t had time to prepare the posts. Maybe one post in a few days I hope.
ABook — iPad app design
Last year I had a chance to work on the design for an iPad app “ABook” (A as a letter “A”) and its related products. ABook is an iPad application that helps you create and distribute multi-media contents for the iPad very easily. With ABook you don’t need expensive softwares or skills.
Here I introduce what I did.
The app logo: “books” as “cloud”
App screen samples
Website managing multi-media contents
Power Point brochure
Thank you, AgenTec!
Calendar Desktop Wallpaper: October 2010
瀬を速み岩にせかるる滝川のわれても末に逢はんとぞ思ふ
Although a swift stream is divided by a rock in the strong flow,
in the end it unites again.
This is one of my most favorite waka poems I learned in school. It’s from a famous poetry anthology in the Heian period.
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